Title of Your Performance Improvement Intervention
Your Name Your Student Number Your Walden Email Address
This Course Number and Name Your Instructor’s Name Walden University Date
Executive Summary On this page you will provide a brief summary of this proposal in no more than one page. This is similar to the Abstracts you have written for other projects. Think of this as your 60 second commercial. You have one page in which to convince someone of the value of your intervention. It is suggested you restate the problem, solution, cost, and benefits. Creativity in your summary will be appreciated.
Title of Your Performance Improvement Intervention Name of Organization Problem Summary Include a summary of the problem being experienced by this organization that you would like to address with your Performance Improvement Intervention. State the problem in general terms, as described from the organization’s point of view. Background of Organization Include a detailed description of the background of the organization from an historical perspective to demonstrate that you have a good understanding of the organization you will be working with. In this section include the following information: (a) when was the organization founded? (b) Where is it located? (c) Who is the organization’s clientele? (d) What information about the company would be useful to help you plan an appropriate intervention? (e) What is the URL of the web site for this organization? And (f) Do you have access to any public relations materials or annual reports for the organization? If so, where can you obtain these? Stakeholders and Decision-Makers. Who are the people that will be affected by your plan? Which people in the organization make the decisions to implement the plan once it is developed? Who are the key personnel in the organization that can provide you with insights into the performance problem for which you will propose an intervention? List their names as possible interviews later in the project. Performance Gap: Cause Analysis What is the gap between where the organization currently is and where they want to be regarding the problem stated? States as the following: Actual Current Performance. Describe the current situation that includes the identified performance problem. Desired Performance. Identify would the performance look like is the problem were resolved. Performance Gap. Explain the difference between actual and desired performance. The Gap is what will be solved by your intervention. Cause Analysis. Why did the people you interviewed think this problem developed in their company? Why does this gap exist? Organizational History and Background Goals. Describe the organizational goals as they relate to the problem you are resolving. Relate this to the gap you identified that is the subject of your PII History. Start writing immediately after this level 3 heading and describe the history of the organization you are working with. Mission and Vision. What is the mission of this organization? Describe the Vision of the organization. Most organizations have adopted a mission and vision statement that provides a foundation for the decisions that are made. Three Intervention Strategies You will include a paragraph briefly introducing your three intervention strategies here and then explain each in more detail. Low end intervention. Write your explanation here in sentence form. Middle end intervention. Write your explanation here in sentence form. High end intervention. Write your explanation here in sentence form. Justification for Intervention Strategy Share which of your three intervention strategies you selected to propose to the organization. Describe the strengths and limitations of each of the strategies you selected. Share why the intervention strategy you selected is more likely to resolve the problem than the other two. Include data from documents provided by the organization, interview data, or other information gleaned from the Web to support your choice. Share the strengths and weaknesses of each of the two intervention strategies you didn’t select. Describe why you rejected it supporting your decision with data and sound reasoning. Write one paragraph for each of the rejected intervention strategies. Demonstrate how your chosen interview strategy best meets the organizational goals stated in the performance gap in Module 2. The Manager’s Many Roles Project management techniques: Explain your role as project manager for this intervention strategy. Resource management techniques: Describe the resources that will be used for this intervention and how they will be tracked. Delivery system management techniques: Identify the medium for the delivery of the intervention strategy and how the technology will be implemented within the instructional context. Information management techniques: Describe how information related to this intervention strategy will be stored, accessed, and processed. This may include information that l be used for evaluation of the intervention. The Manager as Change Agent Financial and Budget Information. Tentative budget for your intervention strategy, along with supporting documentation; consider technology purchases, personnel training, additional support, and other considerations specific to your proposal. Supporting documentation for your budget, including links to Web sites where purchases can be made and the costs of implementation. Project Assessment. Describe how the project objectives will be evaluated. Describe the formative evaluation plan you will use. Include your formative evaluation instrument in an Appendix. Describe the summative evaluation plans you will use. Include your summative evaluation instrument in an Appendix.
References All references you used to develop your PII should be included in this list. Please remember to use APA 6th formatting for your references. You will also use hanging indentations for your references as shown in this example.
Appendices NOTE that you may not need all of the Appendices listed below. Select the ones that are relevant to your project and include that data to support your work. Letter your appendices in the order they are referenced in your document. Each Appendix will begin on a new page. All of you will include Appendices A through E. Select the other topics and include them as relevant. You will letter the Appendices in the order you mention them in your paper, once you decide which ones you will use.
Appendix ?: Detailed and appropriate technical information for implementing your intervention Appendix ?: Layout sketches, if relevant Appendix ?: Specifications of equipment and purchases Appendix ?: Data charts and graphs, as relevant Appendix ?: Resources that support your proposal
Template
Title of Your Performance Improvement Intervention
Your Name
Your Student Number
Your Walden Email Address
This Course Number and Name
Your Instructor’s Name
Walden University
Date
Executive Summary
On this page you will provide a brief summary of this proposal in no more than one page. This is similar to the Abstracts you have written for other projects. Think of this as your 60 second commercial. You have one page in which to convince someone of the value of your intervention. It is suggested you restate the problem, solution, cost, and benefits. Creativity in your summary will be appreciated.
Title of Your Performance Improvement Intervention
Name of Organization
Problem Summary
Include a summary of the problem being experienced by this organization that you would like to address with your Performance Improvement Intervention. State the problem in general terms, as described from the organization’s point of view.
Background of Organization
Include a detailed description of the background of the organization from an historical perspective to demonstrate that you have a good understanding of the organization you will be working with. In this section include the following information: (a) when was the organization founded? (b) Where is it located? (c) Who is the organization’s clientele? (d) What information about the company would be useful to help you plan an appropriate intervention? (e) What is the URL of the web site for this organization? And (f) Do you have access to any public relations materials or annual reports for the organization? If so, where can you obtain these?
Stakeholders and Decision-Makers.
Who are the people that will be affected by your plan? Which people in the organization make the decisions to implement the plan once it is developed? Who are the key personnel in the organization that can provide you with insights into the performance problem for which you will propose an intervention? List their names as possible interviews later in the project.
Performance Gap: Cause Analysis
What is the gap between where the organization currently is and where they want to be regarding the problem stated? States as the following:
Actual Current Performance. Describe the current situation that includes the identified performance problem.
Desired Performance. Identify would the performance look like is the problem were resolved.
Performance Gap. Explain the difference between actual and desired performance. The Gap is what will be solved by your intervention.
Cause Analysis. Why did the people you interviewed think this problem developed in their company? Why does this gap exist?
Organizational History and Background
Goals. Describe the organizational goals as they relate to the problem you are resolving. Relate this to the gap you identified that is the subject of your PII
History. Start writing immediately after this level 3 heading and describe the history of the organization you are working with.
Mission and Vision. What is the mission of this organization? Describe the Vision of the organization. Most organizations have adopted a mission and vision statement that provides a foundation for the decisions that are made.
Three Intervention Strategies
You will include a paragraph briefly introducing your three intervention strategies here and then explain each in more detail.
Low end intervention. Write your explanation here in sentence form.
Middle end intervention. Write your explanation here in sentence form.
High end intervention. Write your explanation here in sentence form.
Justification for Intervention Strategy
Share which of your three intervention strategies you selected to propose to the organization. Describe the strengths and limitations of each of the strategies you selected. Share why the intervention strategy you selected is more likely to resolve the problem than the other two. Include data from documents provided by the organization, interview data, or other information gleaned from the Web to support your choice.
Share the strengths and weaknesses of each of the two intervention strategies you didn’t select. Describe why you rejected it supporting your decision with data and sound reasoning. Write one paragraph for each of the rejected intervention strategies.
Demonstrate how your chosen interview strategy best meets the organizational goals stated in the performance gap in Module 2.
The Manager’s Many Roles
Project management techniques: Explain your role as project manager for this intervention strategy.
Resource management techniques: Describe the resources that will be used for this intervention and how they will be tracked.
Delivery system management techniques: Identify the medium for the delivery of the intervention strategy and how the technology will be implemented within the instructional context.
Information management techniques: Describe how information related to this intervention strategy will be stored, accessed, and processed. This may include information that l be used for evaluation of the intervention.
The Manager as Change Agent
Financial and Budget Information. Tentative budget for your intervention strategy, along with supporting documentation; consider technology purchases, personnel training, additional support, and other considerations specific to your proposal.
Supporting documentation for your budget, including links to Web sites where purchases can be made and the costs of implementation.
Project Assessment. Describe how the project objectives will be evaluated.
Describe the formative evaluation plan you will use. Include your formative evaluation instrument in an Appendix.
Describe the summative evaluation plans you will use. Include your summative evaluation instrument in an Appendix.
References
All references you used to develop your PII should be included in this list. Please remember to use APA 6th formatting for your references.
You will also use hanging indentations for your references as shown in this example.
Appendices
NOTE that you may not need all of the Appendices listed below. Select the ones that are relevant to your project and include that data to support your work. Letter your appendices in the order they are referenced in your document. Each Appendix will begin on a new page. All of you will include Appendices A through E. Select the other topics and include them as relevant. You will letter the Appendices in the order you mention them in your paper, once you decide which ones you will use.
Appendix A: Formative Evaluation Instrument
Appendix B: Summative Evaluation Instrument
Appendix C: Interview Questions
Appendix D: Interview Transcripts or Summary
Appendix E. Budget
Appendix ?: Detailed and appropriate technical information for implementing your intervention
Appendix ?: Layout sketches, if relevant
Appendix ?: Specifications of equipment and purchases
Appendix ?: Data charts and graphs, as relevant
Appendix ?: Resources that support your proposal